Video: Glenn Beck unloads on Olbermann

posted at 9:41 am on February 28, 2007 by Allahpundit

From last night’s show. Gratifying, yet not as gratifying as one might hope simply because it doesn’t rise to the level of viciousness Olbermann himself operates at. One of the reasons righties are disappointed in “The Half-Hour News Hour,” I think, is because they crave the kind of catharsis the left enjoys when watching Stewart and Colbert humiliate their opponents. Ace derides that as “clapper” humor, where the audience laughs and hoots to show its approval of the message, but it’s not as much of a pose as he suggests. They’re genuinely enjoying it, it’s just that it’s less for the funny than the bloodsport. THHNH would be worthy if it was cutting even if it wasn’t funny (i.e., if it was like Olbermann’s show), but it’s neither. It wields a butter knife.

Beck does better than that here, but he’s still carrying a blade to a bazooka fight. No matter. Olby’s ego can’t handle stuff like this, so I’m sure he’ll slag him back. Maybe then GB will break out the heavy artillery.

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Beck’s on point more often than not, but he’s too damn nice. The Kid would’ve hit back with something like, “I’d thank you for the plug if anyone watched your show”, and some other crack about how Olby hasn’t been relevant since they ran him from Sportscenter.

Sometime’s it good to be “too damn nice”. My sister is an avowed liberal, but I was just talking to her last night, and she told me she’s starting watching Beck’s show every night… and AGREEING WITH HIM! She likes his presentation, and his views on things.

Glenn is more vicious than many of you think. But unlike Olberman, he chooses effectiveness over emotional catharsis.

This is classic GB: he deconstructed Olberman precisely, with a pleasant presentation and a smile on his face.

This is why people like Glenn Beck actually PERSUADE (see, for example, DaleWalt’s post above) … and people like Olbermann repel everyone with any kind of intellect, even on the left.

Being angry is easy. But anger and bile is rarely effective as a persuasive tool. This, above all else, is what most liberals miss (especially in the blogosphere).

It is not “too nice” to choose being effective and persuasive over being ugly – it is simply the more intelligent choice. Sure, it takes more discipline and maturity, and it’s more difficult. But far smarter.

Any imbecile can tell fat jokes. But only other imbeciles, who already agree with everything else you say, is going to be impressed by your fat jokes. Olberman isn’t “vicious.” He’s simply not intelligent enough to actually debate the issues.

The problem is, that clowns like Olby will never back down from pleasant conversation. The only thing they truly understand is a swift kick in the balls. Call me an unreasoned imbecile if you wish. The Kid is into Bismarckian Diplomacy.

If you really want to get to a liberal just tell him/her that they are sadly lacking in intelligence and then ask them “didn’t you go to high school”…then step back and watch ‘em scream…To completely ignore that they may have gone to college sets them on fire. I have used this to great success.

Last night on part three of the Frontline special, Newswar, they had a sly dig at opinion journalists taking over cable news with a picture of Beck.

If you ever want to watch a terribly nauseating MSM self congratulatory piffle, check out this program. Oh how they hate the internet and all the new media sources as they attempt to use them to their benefit.

I’m pretty sure laughter from clapper humor is legitimate laughter. If the subject of the ridicule is hated enough, the mind sets the bar low for the humor response. The main evolutionary purpose of humor seems to be ridicule, so it’s the easiest humor to do and get a response.

The problem is, that clowns like Olby will never back down from pleasant conversation. The only thing they truly understand is a swift kick in the balls. Call me an unreasoned imbecile if you wish. The Kid is into Bismarckian Diplomacy.

It is true that Olby is a brownshirt like most liberals these days. These people are completely uninterested in civil debate these days, just like their 1930′s German cousins.

Your comment about Bismarckian Diplomacy is interesting. Otto von Bismarck was the uniter of Germany, consolidating an empire from a collection of Mitteleuropean Germanic principalities into the German Empire of the late 19th Century.

A shrewd politician and diplomat, for certain.

I, on the other hand am NOT a diplomat. You see, a diplomat can tell you to go to Hell in such a nice way that you look forward to the trip. I, on the other hand, perfer to save time and be direct about it.

Help me understand this please – How does a dope like Olberman get so much media attention and piss off so many people while posting the lowest ratings on cable news? More adults watch reruns of the Muppets. Then Rolling Stone does a feature on him? scratching my head. I still say he can’t pass a drug test.

Seriously, if Olberman is ever sucessful in his liberal-facist agenda to suppress free thought, or if Glenn just wants a hobby, Glenn Beck would make an excellent voice actor.

As a general rule it takes a lot for somone’s voice to impress me, but Glenn Beck has a very diverse range… it reminds me of John Burgmeier’s vocal range. Though there is also a hint of David Kaye’s “Comedic gravitas” in there.

Hmmm, too bad no one around here carries his radio show, and I don’t watch CNN. With a voice like that no wonder he makes a good radio host.

This man doesn’t have the substantive conviction to believe in anything but his own ratings. Olberman isn’t an idealog, he’s a hustler. He will say or do anything to get the ire, and therefore attention, of his peers. He’s hoping that all the attention will amount to ratings.

Olberman is nothing more than a festering sore on the body of network television. The more we ignore it, the sooner the scab will fall off and be forgotten.

In my town I can only get an hour of his radio show. And it is on a station with a weak signal. Oh well. Did not know too much about him til I saw his tv show (not sure what induced me to stumble upon HNN, but glad I did.) Was not aware such intelligence was eminating from CNN. Must have gotten by the netwoks leftist censors before the rating took off. Best show on cable news (or any tv news, for that matter.)
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